Cover-lifter for oil-can nozzles.



M. E. DOWNEY.

COVER LIFTER FOR OIL CAN NOZZLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. I916.

1,196,217. R Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

R V I VQN m &w W I M/AR FN Ely/55 fUTE NEy MARTIN E. DOWNEY, OF BOSTON,MASSACHU'SETTS.

COVER-LIFTER FOR OIL-CAN NOZZLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

mated Aug. 29, 19111.

Application filed January 18, 1916. Serial No. 72,836.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN E. DOWNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk "and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in CoverLifters for Oil- Can Nozzles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil cans having elongated nozzles, such as areused in injecting oil into oil cups connected with shaft bearings, theoil being usually forced from the can by flexure of the bottom thereof.

The invention has for its object to provide an oil can nozzle with adevice whereby the spring-closed cover of an oil cup may be engaged insuch manner that by suitably manipulating the can and nozzle the covermay be conveniently liftedfrom its seat and held in position to permitthe injection of oil into the cup.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cover-lifter embodying myinvention, formed as an attachment adapted to be detachably engaged withan oil can nozzle; Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of an oil canequipped with said attachment; Figs. 3 and 4 represent side elevations,each showing a portion of a nozzle, a lifter thereon, an oil cup, andthe cover thereof, said views illustrating the manipulation of thenozzle causing the lifting of the cover; Fig. 5 represents a side viewillustrating a modification.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe views.

In the drawings, 12 represents the body :and 13 the tapering nozzle ofan ordinary oil can.

14 represents a fixed oil. cup, which may be attached to a shaft bearing(not shown) in any suitable way, and is provided with a cover 15, whichisnormally' held closed on the mouth of the cup by a spring 16, as

' shown by Fig. 3, the edge of the cover overand at one side of saidend, the relative arrangement of the nozzle and the lifter 17.

being such that the operator may engage the outer end of the lifter withthe overhanging edge of the cover, as shown by Fig. 3, and

then lift the cover by swinging the nozzle and lifter upwardly, and atthe same time end of the nozzle, so that it is adapted to env gage andlift the cover without liability of slipping out of engagement with thecover during the operation. It is difficult to lift the cover of an oilcup by directly applying the outlet end of the nozzle thereto,particularly when the cup is in a relatively inacces-.

sible location, because the nozzle is liable to slip out of engagementwith the cover. This difficulty is obviated by the employment of thelifter arranged as shown.

I also provide the nozzle with a stop mem- I ber 19, which projects fromone side of the nozzle behind its outlet end, and is arranged to bear onthe outer side of the cup 14, as shown by Fig. 4, when the outlet end isin position to inject oil into the cup, provision being thus made foraccurately locating the nozzle inoperative relation to the cup.

I prefer to construct the lifter and the stop member 19 as an attachmentadapted to be detachably applied to the nozzle, the stop member beingcarried by the lifter.

As here shown, the stop member is an ear integral with the sheet metalbody of the lifter and bent therefrom, as indicated by Fig. l, the saidear being provided with an orifice 20 formed to receive the outer endportion of the tapered nozzle and come to a bearing thereon when theouter end of the lifter is in advance of the outlet end of the I nozzleand the ear or stop member is behind said outlet end.

The inner end portion of the lifter i s preferably provided with asocket 21 formed to embrace the nozzle and additionally secure thelifter thereto.

The lifter may be curved to conform to a curved nozzle, as shown by Fig.5.

Having described my. invention, I claim:

1. A cover-lifter adapted to be attached to an oil can nozzle andarranged to project forward from the outlet end of the nozzle and at oneside of said end, said lifter having an unobstructed cover-engagingsurface permitting the insertion of the=-lifter and the nozzle end intothe space between .an oil cup mouth and a cover displaced by the lifter.r

2. A cover-lifter having nozzle-engaging means and arranged relativelyto said means to project forward from the outlet end of a nozzle engagedthereby, said means including a stop member arranged to project from oneside of the nozzle behind its outlet end,

' "and to bear on the outer side of an oil cup.

3. A cover-lifter comprising an'elongated body 'portion having alaterally projecting ear spaced from its outer end, and formed toreceive an oil can nozzle, said car being adapted to bear as a stopmember on the outer side of an oil cup, and to locate the outer end ofsaid body portion in advance of the delivering end of the nozzle.

4. A'cover-lifter comprising an elongated body portion having a socketat its inner end portion adapted to embrace an oil can nozzle, and alaterally projecting ear spaced from its outer end, and formed toreceive signature. MARTIN E. DOWNEY.

